flayed
Example Sentences
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The firm was flayed in 2018 by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington, D.C., for engaging in what he labeled a “high-tech shakedown ... smacking of extortion.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Instead, the body language slumped more and more after every wide, no-ball and boundary that was flayed from their inconsistent bowling.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023
The students plastered Dean Martinez’s classroom last week with flyers saying that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment right to engage in “counter-speech,” an argument flayed by Judge Duncan.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
He groaned and his hands flayed the air to ward off an invisible danger.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
